A Treatise on the Family: First Edition

by Gary S. Becker

Book Overview

Imagine each family as a kind of little factory--a multiperson unit producing meals, health, skills, children, and self-esteem from market goods and the time, skills, and knowledge of its members. This is only one of the remarkable concepts explored by Gary Becker in his landmark work on the family.Becker applies economic theory to the most sensitive and fateful personal decisions, such as choosing a spouse or having children. He uses the basic economic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674906969
• ISBN13: 9780674906969
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.